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are 100% Affordable, 100% Community Based, 100% Reality, 100% On Your Own with trained communities that earn 80% of the Trip Fee!!! Nomadic families provide 3 meals with unlimited hot tea; your own nomadic ger as specified; nomadic guides that travel with you on an average of 20 to 40+ kilometers per day across regions of Mongolia (deserts, mountains, steppes, pastures, river valleys, etc.) with horses, ox-carts, etc.; semi-all inclusive as beyond training/community services, GER to GER only assist in facilitating ‘affordable’ transports to/from locations, we can recommend hotels, translators/guides are additional service/fees, etc.

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HUMANITARIAN TRIPS are specifically designed to assist foreign travelers to become apart of the nomadic families across Mongolia – this IS NOT a “tourist day by day itinerary” type of travel. Success of Humanitarian Trips are 100% associated with the traveler’s ability to become a family/nomadic tribe member. If you succeed, then CONGRATULATIONS and pat yourself on the back! However if you fail, kick yourself on the ‘bum’ – don’t worry we will professionally train you prior to departure. Simply, you will have tons of FREEDOM to explore nomadic culture, lifestyle, epic locations, and more – you will stay 1 night/1 day with each nomadic family before they guide you to the next nomadic family where you will repeat your nomadic homestay. The methods/distances of travel between families will vary depending on quality of season pastures (you can always use families as base-camps for exploring the regions), nonetheless, the travel between nomadic families by horseback, ox carts, trekking, etc., will fulfill any avid adventures desires while the homestay will be greatly appealing to cultural lovers. The ONLY failures along Humanitarian Trips have been city tourists that had grand expectations that nomads would be an entertainment park instead of learning how to go with the flow like true explorers… Otherwise we have had GREAT SUCCESS with over 99% of international travelers! AND DON’T FORGET, 80% OF REVENUES GENERATED ON HUMANITARIAN TRIPS GOES BACK TO THE NOMADIC FAMILIES!

United Nations SDG 17GER to GER fulfills all Sustainable Development Goals

"Responsible-Tours.org" established by GER to GER and the Founder, this new Initiative is being launched by “The Global Practitioners” to assist International CBTs, CSR Initiatives, alternative community travel networks and Geotourism Initiatives

United Nations SDG 17GER to GER fulfills all Sustainable Development Goals

“LastLifeLine.org" under the GERtoGER Foundation this new Initiative aims to match Global Issues of the aforementioned “MDGs/SDGs” that require exposure to better link with like-minded organizations.

United Nations SDG 17GER to GER fulfills all Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations SDG 1GER to GER fulfills all Sustainable Development Goals

We have/continue to employ nomadic families who are the poorest of the poor that only had 1 cattle and a couple sheep in the Gobi Desert, Terelj National Park, etc., and completely improved their lives within a few years, etc.

United Nations SDG 2GER to GER fulfills all Sustainable Development Goals

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PACKAGED TRIPS are all inclusive expeditions – driver, guide, GER camps, highlights, etc., all custom designed to offer you the best of Mongolia at affordable prices. GER to GER handles small groups to medium/large (special order) for individual travelers that desire to join a small group to international VIPs that desire exclusivity for the own group supplied with high-end guides, accommodations and more! GER to GER’s international partners have highly rated GER to GER PACKAGED TRIPS AN AMAZING 9.2 OUT OF 10 FOR SATISFACTION…

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How to choose a tour operator when it's so confusing?

When today’s internet is filled with fake/false reviews on major travel platforms or when everyone is falsely yammering “I’m important listen to me! We’re the Best – they are the worse!”, etc.,INDEED it’s difficult to distinguish “truth from fiction“, “real travelers from fake competitors”, and “accuracy from exaggerated or fraudulent BS“; as disruptors, scammers, defamers, etc., sound so convincing –that’s the art of being a “con-artist“.

At GER to GER we PREFER to prove ourselves by our works, initiatives, sacrifices, social economic contributions and via our professional partnerships that have conducted proper INTERNATIONAL DUE-DILIGENCES.

So, you want a 'responsible tour operator'? Then ask them "what have you done & WHO VERIFIED IT?" and make them prove it!

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A Nomad States: "My additional revenue from tourism industry benefitted my livestock to grow sustainably as I had no longer kill animals to pay my four children’s tuitions and my wife’s liver treatment."

Zanjan and his team provided top notch creative and logistic support for an episode of "The Amazing Race" for CBS. His creative problem solving and fast thinking helped us get through some very tough situations and in the end added one of the more memorable episodes to an Emmy and DGA award winning season.

Barry HennesseyCBS's The Amazing Race - Senior Field Producer

One of the World’s Innovative Travel Entrepreneurs

National Geographic SocietyWorld Innovative Travel Entrepreneurs

Listed #8 "Out of the Ordinary Stays" of World's Best Travel Experiences

National Geographic SocietyWorld's Best Travel Experiences

Mr. Zanjan Fromer awarded the Ministerial Medal of Honor

Ministry of TourismGold Star of Leadership

Thank you to you and your team! Couldn't have done this film without you guys 🙂

Tami ZhaoSenior USA Film Producer

My family had an awesome experiences with Ger To Ger and the family we stayed with were very polite. I recommend very strongly for anyone is to LEAVE your Western ideals and politics at home because you're dealing with totally different culture. We've met some bad apples, tourist is what I am referring had issues before taking Ger to Ger. 5 groups just gotten off from other tour company and we got stuck with a few bad apples who had nothing better but complained from the get go. We knew that this family we stayed just finished hosting another family. We were told that Ger to Ger wasn't like other tour company where travelers weren't shuttle around like cattle and they take your money. This company let's Mongolians herders families take our money for staying in their homes. To us that was awesome and we experienced for ourselves one to one wonderful relationship with the Mongolian herders. These herders have a beautiful tradition and culture. Learn and read as much as you can about what to do and NOT to do. It's very important other wise your communications and your Western will clash. As far as working with Mr. Fromer from day one we have no complaints. The people or Mongolian herders told us that Zanjan Fromer has done a lot for their community. It took Mongolian herders a while to warm up to the idea of having people like us outsiders or tourist come into their homes and communities but soon saw the benefits which helped their families to make a living. No other tour company in Mongolia we know of does this kind of tour, and saying this we felt strongly connected to the people we stayed with. Yes, we would book our next adventure in Mongolia.

traveler12013Trip Advisor

There were many reasons why I chose Ger to Ger:
1) They are a pioneer in Mongolian sustainable, culturally responsible tourism.
2) 85% of the fees I paid goes directly to rural Mongolian nomadic groups and communities.
3) This tourism activity helps increase rural social economic development.
It was about meeting people and building relationships, not seeing all of the ‘tourist sites’.
4) It promotes cultural interaction and furthers the education of the herders by exposing them to other cultures and languages.
5) It’s required to go through a cultural ‘orientation’ before sending you out into the ‘real’ Mongolia.
For the entire article visit... https://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/ger-to-ger-cultural-travel-in-mongolia/

Otts WorldGER to GER Cultural Travel in Mongolia

Thanks to GER to GER, I booked a custom-made tour with my friends, a one-week trip with nomadic families and a lot of lessons to learn. Let me tell you, it isn’t just about riding the horse and going around the scenic backdrops.
For full article visit... https://writinghorseback.com/2017/12/ultimate-horseback-riding-vacation-in-khuvsgul-lake/

Writing HorsebackUltimate Horseback Riding Vacation in Khuvsgul Lake

In Mongolia I did a home visit kind of tour with the Ger to Ger program. It was wonderful, unforgettable, enlightening and a pleasure.
For full review visit... https://www.trippy.com/vt/Mongolia-1750-2-3557987/Can-anyone-give-me-a-review-on-the-Ger-to-Ger-programagency-in-Mongolia.html

a VirtualTourist member from PalatkaTrippy.com

My husband and I are in our late 30s, travel a lot, and have a pretty flexible budget so over time have taken every possible trip: guided group guided private, self guided and everything in-between. Ger to Ger is like nothing else we’ve done and became one of our best travel experiences.
We did what the Mongolia Budget Trekking Trip Through Khangai Mountain Range for 10 days in August 2016. Ger to Ger provides an orientation and a bus ticket to a starting point and from there, you rely on new family each day as your host. At each yurt/ger, you get lunch, then participate in some sort of household activity, eat dinner, spend the night in a guest ger and then next morning after breakfast get transported by the host to the next family. The families speak zero English so you communicate using gestures, phrase book and drawings, which ends up being surprisingly functional and fun. The accommodations are very basic (outhouse, no electricity, etc.) but clean and comfortable. The nature is breathtaking - the steppe is bright green, vast and pristine as families are widely dispersed to have enough pasture area for their animals.
First, about the orientation (2-hour overview of the trip in Ger to Ger offices). Yes, the owner comes off a bit arrogant and his approach doesn’t really match what Westerners are accustomed to. But after you do the trip, you forgive him. The creativity and drive to build this unique type of tourism and the value he has delivered to local community and to foreigners’ ability to get to know Mongolia qualifies him for some serious slack www.Zanjan-Fromer.com . Plus, we think some of his behavior is intentionally theatrical to get tourists in the mindset to not expect hand holding - the whole point of this type of a trip.
(side note from Mr. Fromer: "not super arrogant, just a lot of information - 22+ years of expertise compressed into a short training - pressure, yes... at least it's not a 3 day diving training ;)... )

Soubriquet2000Trip Advisor

I also want to give a big shout out to gertoger. I mentioned the organization before but I really want to give them some airtime. They set up my trips to Bulgan and Dundgobi and I couldn't have asked for more. Their trips are so incredibly superior to any other ones I have heard of so, if you come to see the "sights" of Mongolia, especially the Gobi, you are foolish for not going with them. The sights are rocks, big rocks, smaller rocks, fields, some dunes, and some mountains. It's pretty boring. What is fascinating is the culture. 50% of the country is nomadic! You MUST experience that while you are here an they are the best way. All of the incredible experiences I have written about wouldn't have happened without them.
Another reason gertoger rocks my world is that a lot of the proceeds go straight to the herders. That's the darn point. They are not being exploited, they are making money they need. Winter was really tough, some families lost all of their animals, and you can support them by visiting! So, if you are heading to Mongolia, and you should btw, go to http://www.gertoger.org/ to plan your trip.
Full disclosure: Their trips aren't all easy. One of mine required you to be in decent shape and be able to handle long bumpy rides. But if you are looking for an adventure, an adventure you will find!

Miss Templer

I certainly learned a lot from the introduction, and would not have wanted to be without it. And the English-Mongolian "dictionary" they proved was extremely useful, once I stayed with the nomadic families. But you have to try and use it in order to communicate with them. The nomads I stayed with certainly spend time with me, and in fact went beyond want I expected. I've travelled the world and spend a lot of time in Asia, but Ger to Ger offered one of the most memorable cultural experiences, I've had. So I can only recommend Ger to Ger

ErgonTrip Advisor

In summary, the winter home stay was an experience of a lifetime that will stay with us forever. The hostess and the entire family were welcoming, accommodating and incredibly kind to us, and the winter scenery was surreal and breath-taking. We strongly recommended the home-stay tour to other intrepid travellers!

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Become apart of the family, NOT JUST a tourist; then it won’t “suck” and you just might make a meaningful difference in someone’s life.

We believe in good ole HONESTY; nobody is PERFECT, from 6,000+ SUCCESSES - less than 1% said we suck...

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Most people let fear and failure hold them back from taking the step to live out their dreams. This is exactly what we believe and practice here at ESA. We will give you the tools you need to face your fears, master the stage, and bring your message to the world!
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The Historic 2002 BIT Milan, Italy International Travel Exhibition – One of Two Official Mongolian Tourism Association/USAID Organizing Representatives (the other official representative was Michelle Morgan, C.O.P. of the USAID funded The Competitiveness Initiative) – 1st time in Mongolian History that “Mongolia” participated in an International Travel Exhibition and marketed itself as a “Country Destination” since opening its doors to the world as a democracy in 1989.

2000-03 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded The Competitiveness Initiative – Honored by Mongolia’s Tourism Association for Contributions made towards the Development of Mongolia’s Tourism Industry.

1990-91 Varsity Wrestling/State, Awarded “Most Improved” Sehome High School (it’s all about the champion mindset/overcoming challenges – it’s about the development process)

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100% Fair Review about our Humanitarian Trips

My husband and I are in our late 30s, travel a lot, and have a pretty flexible budget so over time have taken every possible trip: guided group guided private, self guided and everything in-between. Ger to Ger is like nothing else we’ve done and became one of our best travel experiences.

We did what the Mongolia Budget Trekking Trip Through Khangai Mountain Range for 10 days in August 2016. Ger to Ger provides an orientation and a bus ticket to a starting point and from there, you rely on new family each day as your host. At each yurt/ger, you get lunch, then participate in some sort of household activity, eat dinner, spend the night in a guest ger and then next morning after breakfast get transported by the host to the next family. The families speak zero English so you communicate using gestures, phrase book and drawings, which ends up being surprisingly functional and fun. The accommodations are very basic (outhouse, no electricity, etc.) but clean and comfortable. The nature is breathtaking – the steppe is bright green, vast and pristine as families are widely dispersed to have enough pasture area for their animals.

There are a lot of negative reviews in Ger to Ger forums so we we wanted to focus on addressing a few points that come up in them. (A Handful on Lonely Planet Thorn Tree/Trip Advisor)

First, about the orientation (2-hour overview of the trip in Ger to Ger offices). Yes, the owner comes off a bit arrogant and his approach doesn’t really match what Westerners are accustomed to. But after you do the trip, you forgive him. The creativity and drive to build this unique type of tourism and the value he has delivered to local community and to foreigners’ ability to get to know Mongolia qualifies him for some serious slack www.Zanjan-Fromer.com . Plus, we think some of his behavior is intentionally theatrical to get tourists in the mindset to not expect hand holding – the whole point of this type of a trip.

Next, the itinerary. Our biggest advice to fellow travelers is to open the Day by Day provided and write in before Day 1 ‘itinerary is for illustration purposes only – actual route, activities and transportation will vary’. The website says things will shift yet people are still upset about the changes so this exercise will force you to really get onboard with it. For example, our first ger day was supposed to be at family X, the activity was sowing traditional outfits and transportation next day was a 25km hike. Instead, we ended up at family Y, our activity turned out to be watching a newly slaughtered sheep being cleaned and butchered and the following day we went to the next family on horseback. For the remaining days at dinner, we would draw pictures with locals figuring out which family, how far and how our next morning was to be spent. What was amazing is that each family knew exactly what and how was to happen so the whole thing worked like a well-oiled machine. It just didn’t follow the writing in the brochure which created a sense of adventure and gave my husband and I (both highly structured business owners back in the US) an opportunity to completely relinquish the sense of control, time and expectations, which was exhilarating.

Lastly, on hiking. Of the 9 days, we only hiked from yurt to yurt 4 times. One time we went by horse (I’ve never been on one, so the idea was initially nerve wrecking but it all worked out – the host held my horse’s rains the entire way). Four times we went on a back of a motorbike and learned that riding one through a steppe is one of the most fun experiences you’ll ever have. For those of you who are like us and were looking forward to the long hiking days listed in the itinerary, fear not. You can easily get plenty of hiking time after you arrive to next family (around 1pm or so). There are clear cattle paths that you can follow and make up for the kilometers you’ve expected.

This trip truly will allow you to get to know Mongolia and Mongolians like no other and it will expand your view of the world and travel.

1000s of Happy Travelers Successfully Served for 12+ Years

GER to GER’s mission is to empower women, men and their families across rural Mongolia via the Tourism Industry; to alleviate poverty, educate rural families, foster social economic development/conservation, and more. GER to GER is the first nomad supportive tour operator that unites Mongolian nomadic tribes via empowerment, social economic development policies, United Nation’s MDGs/SDGs, etc. As of today, GER to GER employs almost 99% of its Humanitarian Trips’ human resources from rural areas throughout Mongolia (National Administration operated mainly by women supported by Nomadic Families; husbands, wives, sons, daughters, relatives and friends.) and almost 99% of its Humanitarian Trip’s accommodations, food, drinks, etc., are all procured rurally. GER to GER’s main objective is to support rural social economic development via intensive incorporation of multi-sector rural/regional supply chains via GER to GER’s Humanitarian Trips and Initiatives; cross-industry business linkage development (transportation, accommodations, etc.), assist cooperatives, conservation initiatives, etc.

GER to GER operates across most of Mongolia when combining both Humanitarian Trips and our internationally recognized Packaged Trips. GER to GER Packaged Trips sustains the Organization and allows GER to GER’s Humanitarian/Tourism Specialists to both strengthen operations in Mongolia and expand its partnership networks across the Globe via www.Responsible.Tours (GER to GER’s Global Operations launched in 2017). For 12+ years, 6,000+ international travelers have been trained on “Responsible Tourism” via GER to GER’s professional pre-trip “Humanitarian Training Workshops” and 100+ nomadic families participate in seasonal “Responsible Tourism” Training Workshops across Mongolia that is provided by GER to GER; international partners rate GER to GER at 9.2 out of 10.

As for GER to GER’s National Office, we are professional tourism specialists, humanitarians, transitional country development/stabilization specialists, explorers, filmmakers, social economic developers, etc., that design/operate unique community based tourism trips (“Reality Humanitarian Trips”) and FULLY packaged expeditions across Mongolia, and around the world via www.Responsible.Tours

Humanitarian Trips

Humanitarian Trips

“Reality” Styled Cultural Research Trips

Humanitarian Trips a.k.a “Reality Trips” (Community Based Tourism Routes) – Though simple and humble, they are designed to be ‘value for money’ as these humanitarian trips train travelers to become humanitarians and learn how to access unparalleled opportunities into nomadic lifestyles; day to day routines, travel like nomads, language, history, traditions, culture, etc. Locals earn ethical incomes by providing all food, accommodations, transportation (horses, camels, ox carts, etc.), activities, and more. These are all designed with the rural communities to provide unique insights into nomadic lifestyle – great for culturally “responsible” travelers, explorers and travel photographers that desire to experience travel as a “humanitarian” and not like a tourist. Generally, fantastic for all those who are deeply interested in real cultural immersion, enjoys the flexibility of local-flows in outback travel and non-touristic method of adventure travel/learning.

Today’s major issue in Mongolia are irresponsible tour operators unethically profiteering/gaining from the ‘responsible tourism’ brand; there is no market distinction now between responsible and irresponsible as everyone claims to be ‘responsible’. Hence, GERtoGER is using SDGs to highlighting our ‘Responsible Tourism’ methodology:

“Responsible-Tours.org“ established by GER to GER and the Founder, this new Initiative is being launched by “The Global Practitioners” to assist International CBTs, CSR Initiatives, alternative community travel networks and Geotourism Initiatives

“LastLifeLine.org“ under the GERtoGER Foundation this new Initiative aims to match Global Issues of the aforementioned “MDGs/SDGs” that require exposure to better link with like-minded organizations.

Responsible Travel Notes:

* All Humanitarian Trips and Homestays are 100% “Reality Trips” that are managed and operated by locals and nomadic families; GER to GER Office operates ONLY AS A Humanitarian “Travel Agent” for communities (non-tour operator).

* GER to GER humanitarian trips is about “Reality” – real families, real lifestyles, real situation, etc. (who are the Mongols? And not about our expectations).

* GER to GER is an opportunity for people to learn how to integrate within other cultures vs. other cultures catering to our international norms and standards that we have become overly accustomed too and demand others to adhere too (like paid entertainment slaves).

* GER to GER has generated over a Million USD towards Mongolia’s social economic development via supply-chain synergies and provides over 80% of its revenues toward rural nomadic families that greatly need this alternative income source.

General Client Scores

Typically rural Humanitarian Trips averages above 90% per year on client satisfaction – nomadic families are still learning; nonetheless, rural nomadic tribes still provide a value for money cultural experience and international travelers from around the world are always grateful for their experience.

Packaged Trips

Packaged Vacations

“Outfitted Expeditions” or Packaged Trips

All Inclusive Expeditions For those that Desire Guides, Drivers, Camps and Better Facilities (Packaged Trips) – designed, managed and operated by GER to GER Office as a Mongolian Government Certified Tour Operator across Mongolia; Top 30 Tour Operators within Mongolia.

GER to GER designs it itineraries with a unique approach as we strive to combine the best of ‘off the path’ and Mongolia’s traditional highlights; sometimes we’ll include some of our rural community-based tourism locations into our itineraries! GER to GER’s professionals have been operating throughout Mongolia for a couple decades managing everything from film/tv productions, humanitarian and social economic development initiatives and more; it’s from these experiences that we bring you Mongolia.

Note: These are all-inclusive trips and tours that are outfitted with interpreters/guides, drivers, jeeps, etc., that combine the best of outback exploration and leisure travel – these itineraries are designed, 100% managed by GER to GER Agency (tour operator) and carried-out in accordance with the requirements of western/European travel requirements and expectations.

International Partnership Scores

In 2015, GER to GER received highest recognitions via its international partnerships on client satisfaction, and again in 2016, GER to GER received 9.2 out of 10 on its international partnership score.

Fairness Disclaimer: these trips operate fantastically well for those that desire a mix environment that provide more than our Humanitarian Trips; GER to GER has over a decade of successes with a broad-range of international clients ranging from ‘every day travelers’ to International VIPs.

13 LEVELS of VERIFICATIONS

These are our lives, our life’s works, etc., that are on the line…

we kindly request all unethical special interest groups and/or people with racism/nationalistic/major-prejudice issues to please, kindly, find another tour operator.

Ensuring 100% Proper Comprehension

GER to GER’s 13 REPETITIVE VERIFICATIONS for ALL TRAVELERS

1. Online access to “what is GER to GER”, “how does GER to GER operate, etc.”2.Online accessto Information about the differences between “Humanitarian Reality Trips” and Packaged Trips3.Online accessto “Terms and Conditions” of Humanitarian Trips4.Correspondences with GER to GER staff by emails; Q&A, etc.5.Upon arrival in Mongolia – all travelers receive a mandatory 2 hour training workshop; introduction of Humanitarian Travel, What to expect, What not to Expect, Mongolian History, Mongolian Culture, Rural Health and Safety, and Mongolian Language6.At the workshopsall travelers are updated with current weather, culture, etc., information that may influence their trip and are informed rural nomads have the “power” to change the trip when necessary; transparently listed on the Terms and Conditions owing to their lifestyles.7.At the workshops all travelers are educated the difference between “cultural service” vs. “customer service” and so much more to ensure that they are fully aware that they are traveling as humanitarians and not as “tourists” on a vacation.8.At the workshops all travelers AGAIN review Humanitarian Trip’s Terms and Conditions9.At the workshops all travelers review GER to GER disclaimer with Instructors10.At the workshops all travelers are provide an opportunity to change their trip/minds11.At the workshops all travelers CAREFULLY REVIEW AND SIGN the “Assumption of Risk Contract” that includes weather, culture, lifestyle, 3rd Party Suppliers, etc., in relation to Humanitarian Trip’s Terms and Conditions; on website, handbook, etc.12.After signing the Assumption of Risk Contract all travelers make final payments13.After contract signing, workshop and payments – all travelers are invited to contact us again for further info clarifications prior/during their Reality Humanitarian Trip (via nomadic families mobile phones).

Taking into account that 13 LEVELS of VERIFICATIONS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED – There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR such Trip Advisor & Lonely Planet Industry SCAMS and FRAUD to EXIST

Owing to GER to GER’s Anti-Scammer initiative – 2017 has been a perfect season!

GER to GER Fulfills the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Definitive list of how GER to GER ACTIVELY FULFILLS the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The main reason I willfully placed myself in-between the scammers/trolls and the rural nomadic communities is simply for the following reasons: 1) We internationals have more experience in the concept of “costumer services/responsible tourism” than rural nomadic tribes 2) We TRAIN every foreigner that desires to travel via GER to GER Humanitarian Trips with rural nomadic tribes 3) We have a 13 LEVELS of VERIFICATIONS that ensures that the traveler 100% COMPREHENDS that Humanitarian Trips ARE NOT packaged holiday trips 4) ALL foreign travelers 100% know how we operate and why… etc.

SO there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for the level of scams/fraud/negative being generated by con-artists with unethical agendas…

If I don’t protect our works/nomadic families, who will?The TROLLS? The SCAMMERS? The DISRUPTORS? The COMPETITORS?

Today’s major issue in Mongolia are irresponsible tour operators/competitors unethically profiteering/gaining from the ‘responsible tourism’ brand by sabotaging Responsible Tour Operators’ markets via disruptors, trolls, scammers, etc.; there is no market distinction now between responsible and irresponsible as everyone claims to be ‘responsible’. Hence, GERtoGER is using SDGs to highlight our ‘Responsible Tourism’ methodology:

SDG 2: We have/continue to employ nomadic families who are the poorest of the poor that only have had 1 cattle and a couple sheep in the Gobi Desert, Terelj National Park, etc., and completely improved their lives within a few years, etc.

“Responsible-Tours.org“ established by GER to GER and the Founder, this new Initiative is being launched by “The Global Practitioners” to assist International CBTs, CSR Initiatives, alternative community travel networks and Geotourism Initiatives

“LastLifeLine.org“ under the GERtoGER Foundation this new Initiative aims to match Global Issues of the aforementioned “MDGs/SDGs” that require exposure to better link with like-minded organizations.

Responsible Travel Notes:

* All Humanitarian Trips and Homestays are 100% “Reality Trips” that are managed and operated by locals and nomadic families; GER to GER Office operates ONLY AS A Humanitarian “Travel Agent” for communities (non-tour operator).

* GER to GER humanitarian trips is about “Reality” – real families, real lifestyles, real situation, etc. (who are the Mongols? And not about our expectations).

* GER to GER is an opportunity for people to learn how to integrate within other cultures vs. other cultures catering to our international norms and standards that we have become overly accustomed too and demand others to adhere too (like paid entertainment slaves).

* GER to GER has generated over a Million USD towards Mongolia’s social economic development via supply-chain synergies and provides over 80% of its revenues toward rural nomadic families that greatly need this alternative income source.

Beware of Guesthouse Scams

Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours; 6+ Years of Continuous Industry Fraud and Scams

Nobody can argue the authenticity of the “Internet Archive” – today there is 6+ Years of Evidence showing Industry Fraud and Scams conducted by Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours.

This and others like this Guesthouse continuously make it difficult for more established organizations/companies as they try to unethically “kill off” the competitors via stalking, malicious harassments etc., around their offices/homes, and even organizing scammers to sabotage good businesses names and more. From 2010 till 2016, Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours had first “illegally” stole “GER to GER” name for illegal profiteering and after being confronted they changed it to “Family to Family” and continued to intentionally confuse both local/international markets for unethical personal profiteering – literally “shamelessly stealing funds” from a humanitarian initiative. This Guesthouse behaves exactly like cheap company/product knockoffs of the originals which has FOR YEARS created numerous issues for the GER to GER Organization.

The best metaphor to describe them are “drug pushers” and/or frauds that unprofessionally copy/unethically produce food/medications to resell to the general market as originals; it’s loss of financials for the “real organization/company” but importantly a serious health/safety concerns for international travelers. These fake products don’t go through rigorous monitor/evaluations to ensure product safety; they have no health/safety networks; they provide no ‘professional’ workshops that focus on many issues including health/safety; they don’t care if they hurt others in the process; they have no health/safety nor risk mitigation/management experience; they go unregulated; they just hire anyone with a Russian Forgon to randomly take travelers around the country with no focus on trip quality, cultural quality, health/safety emergencies, etc. (the number of dissatisfied international travelers has grow significantly stating that they offer a selfie tour “you guys have a couple minute to take a ‘selfie’, we have to go, go, go!”); they steal existing product concepts from others; they force travelers to buy their products or threaten to kick-out travelers from their Guesthouse if they purchased other travel companies’ products/services, etc.; they operate just like “pushers” who are ONLY after sales… they illegally use name-variations of known companies to push their corporate fraud on unsuspecting international clients.

IN BRIEF

The “International Internet Archive” clearly shows that since 2010, Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours has been Illegally using “GER to GER” and variations to unethically commit corporate fraud, scams, market thievery, etc… Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours is a prime example of “wolves wearing sheep’s clothing”. Since 2010 when www.GERtoGER.org and www.Zanjan-Fromer.com received international recognition from National Geographic Society as the “Top Ten Global Finalists of the Power of Place Challenge”, and more, our neighbor Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours has been involved in non-stop/continuous industry fraud/scams. For the past 6+ years Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours has been illegally using “GER to GER” or similar variations “Family to Family”, “Nomad to Nomad” like cheap copies of the original “GER to GER” in order to unethically commit thievery of rural nomadic communities’ opportunities via their website and within their guesthouse.

Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours (non-tourism professionals) openly state that they are the “Best Tour Operator” in Mongolia – better than any/all tour operators that are exceptionally well established (that includes being better than Juulchin World Tours, New World Juulchin, Ayanchin, etc.)… However, Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours IS NOT RECOGNIZED NOR LISTED within the Mongolian Government’s Top 30 Tour Operators List; HOWEVER, please do note that GER to GER is 100% RECOGNIZED/AWARDED by the MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT and LISTED IN TOP 30 TOUR OPERATORS LIST.

So without hesitation, I and my others industry recognized/awarded professional colleagues will all honestly state that we all strongly know that Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours is both the ‘official breeding ground’ of many industry issues as well as being the “Industry leaders of fraud, thieves, scammers and organized hive of wannabe thugs/stalkers in Mongolia.”

Guesthouse Tour Operators in Mongolia Kicking Travelers OUT!

Travelers being kicked out and worse – be careful!

We are humanitarians and we don’t have a guesthouse so we are not in direct competition – nonetheless it has been reported to us for the past 6 years the aggressiveness of some guesthouses in Mongolia i.e. Golden Gobi Guesthouse and Tours and the like. Travelers have complained that these guesthouses would force them into buying their trips and if they were interested in traveling with GER to GER or other companies – these guesthouses would kick them out of their guesthouses.

This has been a reoccurring issue with Mongolia’s tourism industry so travelers you have been warned – please kindly consider the following:

Consider booking at Amarbayasgalant Hotel which is an inexpensive alternative that will give you a peace of mind – you can still walk around and check out all the offers throughout Ulaanbaatar in peace without all the bad-business politics of Guesthouses. Amarbayasgalant Hotel doesn’t have an online booking service so you can just show up and get a room easily – it’s a proper hotel and they don’t completely book-up quickly, otherwise we do recommend Lotus Guesthouse (in UB) that operates an Orphanage out of town.

If you have already booked then it’s “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED” that you DO NOT DISCUSS your trip plans with the guesthouse that you are booked at – you could find your bookings getting lost or even worse you could be kicked out of your accommodations that day or even the next day to other travelers that are booking both overnights/trips…